‘Heads-Up’ PlayStation Plus Update – 7th December 2011

December comes to end the year and a PlayStation Plus content refresh is in order. This update will take place on Wednesday, 7th December and you’ll have the opportunity to grab all the current content until then.

This month we have Tomb Raider: Underworld as our main title included with your subscription. In an ancient ruin on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea, Lara Croft uncovers proof of the Norse underworld and Thor’s mythical hammer. As she attempts to unravel the secrets behind these myths, Lara’s perilous journey leads her toward a forgotten power that, if unleashed, could lay waste to all civilization. Serious business, no?

Anyway, while you’re raiding tombs in a low-cut top, make sure you also check out your other offers this month, including Cool Boarders for PSone, and your requisite minis. From the 14th December you’ll also be able to grab a copy of Marvel Pinball from Zen Studios at no extra cost. If flippers are your thing and you like the game, we’ve also secured 50% off the first two DLC packs for you too.

Speaking of DLC – the Deadline DLC Pack for Split/Second: Velocity is included at no extra cost in your Plus subscription this month. Just in case you don’t already own the criminally underrated Split/Second, we’ve also got 50% off the digital version available from the Store throughout December.

Alongside the other bits and pieces this month, we’ve also got a Goldeneye 007: Reloaded demo for you a week before it hits the rest of the Store on the 14th, so enjoy your early playtest of Bond’s latest PS3 outing.

Finally, from this week we’re implementing a new category in Plus which brings us in line with SCEA – we’ll be offering a selection of Full Game Title trials, starting with around 20 titles available on the Store which we’ll expand as time goes on. As usual, you’ll have an hour to try out each title and then you’ll have the option to unlock the full game if you want to keep playing.

That’s all for now, you might find a few extra bits and pieces come to light throughout the month – don’t forget that if you’re a new subscriber to take advantage of the ’12 Gifts of Christmas’ with a new title from the Plus back catalogue available every 48 hours. What’s more, keep an eye on the main Store’s ’12 Deals of Christmas’ promotion, with additional discounts available for Plus members throughout the month.

Bye for now!

PlayStation Plus Content

Content and offers available until January 4th 2012 unless otherwise stated:

From December 7th:

Tomb Raider: Underworld – 100% off

Cool Boarders (PSone Classic) – 100% off

Sneezies (minis) – 100% off

Orbit (minis) – 100% off

Split/Second: Velocity – 50% off

Split/Second: Velocity – Deadline DLC Pack – 100% off

Disney’s Bolt: The Game – 50% off

4 Elements HD – 40% off

Rocket Knight – 50% off

GoldenEye 007: Reloaded – One week early access demo until December 14th

Festive Dynamic Theme – 100% off

Stripes Part II Dynamic Theme – 100% off

PixelJunk: Sidescroller Player One Avatar – 100% off

PixelJunk: Sidescroller Player Two Avatar – 100% off

From December 14th:

Marvel Pinball – 100% off

Marvel Pinball: Captain America Table – 50% off

Marvel Pinball: Fantastic Four Table – 50% off

Burnout Crash – 50% off until December 28th

The Studio – Hanging Mobile Theme – 100% off

Please note: additional offers may become available throughout the month. Keep an eye on the Plus section of the PlayStation Store and the weekly Store update posts for more information.

Ross, I know this is not plus related but please answer the best you can:

I’m really concerned that the Imports section isn’t getting the games I really want, Square Enix seem to be showing no interest in giving us Xenogears, Parasite Eve or Chrono Trigger/Cross. Resident Evil 2 and 3 are nowhere in site. Is Wild Arms in doubt as well?

Already have TRU and Marvel Pinball (excellent game, looking forward the new tables) but this is a great update, indeed. The Plus team did a great job again.

I know this is not the right blogpost to comment it, but FarCry 2 is not showing the discount announced in the Ubisoft 25th Anniversary blogpost, should be a 66%, not a 50% off, dunno if there’s still time to fix it.

Nice update, have already 100%’d TR:U but I wouldn’t mind having it in my collection again. I look forward to Marvel Pinball, haven’t had a pinball game since True Pinball for the PS1 (which was awesome, might I add). I’ll probably use the discounts on Burnout and maybe Split/Second.

As for future Plus updates, I’d personally like to see Dante’s Inferno and Trine make an appearance soon, as well as DLC like ModNation Racers or PJE Encore…

well nothing for me, hate tomb raider, hate pinball games, very rarely buy anything from psn so discounts arent for me, cool boarders was crap but will give the minis a bash.still a better offering than last few months though just a pity its not for me.

wow. This shows how good plus updates can be. It would be great if the free game given away each month could be a full retail title such as TR. Unfortunately I already have TR so there perhaps isn’t much for me (although split second may tempt me!) but this promises good things for the future! Oh and nice to see the UK store coming further in to line with the US – just please try to give us as much regular content as they get also ;-D

Wow, best update for a while. Tomb Raider I did own but before the trophy patch, this is the perfect opportunity to get the platinum. Split Second is a game I always wanted to get round to, and now it looks as if I should. And anything Marvel is epic. Big thanks to you Ross and the rest of the guys, maybe this signals the start of EU Store finally catching up to US. Great stuff, keep it this way from now on!

I would also like to say what a great job you guys are doing with regards to news posts and replying to comments. It’s great to see that you obviously care about what you do. This is coming from someone who has (well had unfortunately) a very similar job at a gaming company. Keep up the great work!

How about some more space in clod storage for xmas? 150Mb is way to small… Skyrim 3 autosaves and 2 regular takes 1/3 of the space in the cloud!!! 500Mb or more would be nice, then i could backup Africa save also